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By MARTI STELLING Published: 01:43 BST, 11 April 2025 | Updated: 01:43 BST, 11 April 2025
A British teacher was taken hostage at gunpoint in the Caribbean before managing to jump out of the kidnapper’s car boot and make an escape.Zaheer Esat, who runs a private school in Leicestershire, was kidnapped at gunpoint last Friday while visiting Trinidad to see his parents.The kidnapper used a car to block the road as Mr Esat, 46, and his 70-year-old father and brother-in-law were driving back from a mosque near the island’s west coast.The male kidnapper, armed with a rifle, shouted at the family to lower their heads.He dragged Mr Esat from the rear passenger seat of the black Nissan hatchback into his own car. His family were left unharmed.Mr Esat, who is of dual Trinidadian and British nationality, had not been carrying a mobile phone when he was kidnapped, according to the police.His father issued urgent pleas for the kidnapper to release him, saying his son suffers from asthma and needs an inhaler. Zaheer Esat, who runs a private school in Leicestershire, was kidnapped at gunpoint last Friday while visiting Trinidad to see his parentsTwo days later, Mr Esat was discovered by a passer-by wandering a cremation site about six miles away from the scene where he was kidnapped. He was taken to the police and told officers that he had escaped by jumping out of the boot of a car after being moved by his kidnappers.He was taken for medical treatment and has since been released to the care of his family, according to Trinidadian media reports.At a press conference on Wednesday, Richard Smith, the assistant commissioner of police, announced that a 28-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the incident.A spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said: ‘We provided support to a British man who was reported missing in Trinidad and were in contact with the local authorities.’According to Mr Esat’s LinkedIn, he is the director at the Lewis Charlton Group of Learning Centres, a private school for pupils with emotional and special educational needs.
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British teacher taken hostage at gunpoint in the Caribbean – before managing to escape by leaping out of the boot of kidnapper’s car
